Crossroads Hotel

Reuse, Re-Imagine & Refresh!

The Crossroads Hotel is a historic renovation of a former Pabst brewery warehouse and early 20th century political boss Tom Pendergast’s office into a 131-room boutique hotel.

In order to allow a 100’ square storage floor plate to serve a new hospitality function, a new four-story atrium was carved out of the center of the building, revealing layers of additive architectural history while bringing soft northern light deep within the building. In a nod to the maker origins of the Crossroads Arts District, the architect designed and fabricated custom steel doors in each guest room and is also curating an artist engagement platform which includes an artist-in-residency hosted by a 2,000 square foot public gallery and studio space. The program draws from and will give life back to its surrounding arts district through exhibitions, artist commissions, performances, and unexpected artist-driven experiences that will enliven the hotel.

2018

Architect, Curator, Fabricator

Kansas City, MO

120,000 SF

Client

Aparium Hotel Group

Eldo Team

David Dowell

Steve Salzer

Chris Burk

John Renner

Mark Horne

Jonathan Tramba

Ruoxi Yang

Lauren Harness

Alex Priest

Hesse McGraw

Collaborators

Contractor: JE Dunn Construction

Interior Designer: Simeone Deary Design Group

Structural Engineer: Bob D Campbell & Associates

Civil Engineer: SK Design Group

Mechanical and Electrical Engineer: Lankford Fendler + Associates

Plumbing Engineer: Antella, Inc

Acoustic Consultant: Acoustic Design Kubicki

Code Consultant: Jeff Boyle

Lighting Design: MRD

Food Service Design: Next Step Design

Historical Preservation Consultant: Rosin Preservation

AV/IT and Security Consultant: Sorbis

Awards

2023 Condé Nast Traveler - Best of Midwest

2023 Travel+Leisure - 50 Best Places to Travel

2019 AIA Kansas City Design Excellence Awards - Honor Award

2019 The Chicago Athenaeum - American Architecture Award - Honor Award

2019 Missouri Preservation Honor Awards - Preserve Missouri Award

2019 Kansas City Business Journal - Capstone Award, Adaptive Reuse

2019 Historic Kansas City Preservation Award - Excellence Award for Contemporary Design in a Historic Context

2019 The Pitch KC’s Best of Awards - Best Hotel Bar

2019 The Pitch KC’s Best of Awards - Best Hotel

Press

Kansas City Business Journal, Rob Roberts, “Chicago-based hotel group will transform historic Crossroads buildings”, 2015

The Kansas City Star, Joyce Smith, “Crossroads boutique hotel is planned for the historic Pabst and Pendergast buildings”

, 2015 Conde Nast Traveler, Erin Florio, “In Kansas City, You’ll Soon Be Able to Sleep in a Former Brewery”

, 2018 Photography Mike Sinclair